Andy Kelly
@ultrabrilliant.xyz
⚡ PR and assorted creative stuff for Devolver Digital
⚡ Writer, photographer, graphic designer, zine maker, etc.
⚡ Author of Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion
⚡ Glaswegian
📍 Yorkshire, UK
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ultrabrilliant
⚡ Writer, photographer, graphic designer, zine maker, etc.
⚡ Author of Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion
⚡ Glaswegian
📍 Yorkshire, UK
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ultrabrilliant
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Game idea: intentionally glitchy beat-'em-up called Z-Fighters. Characters clip through each other, get stuck in scenery, strike random T-poses, etc.
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Game idea: intentionally glitchy beat-'em-up called Z-Fighters. Characters clip through each other, get stuck in scenery, strike random T-poses, etc.
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Just showed my 3 year old son my indie game. He said you should always be able to justify your use of a mechanic. Ask yourself, why am i using mechanic x instead of mechanic y? my mind was blown
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Just showed my 3 year old son my indie game. He said you should always be able to justify your use of a mechanic. Ask yourself, why am i using mechanic x instead of mechanic y? my mind was blown
If you like watching people arguing in bus stations, you'll love Race Across the World.
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you like watching people arguing in bus stations, you'll love Race Across the World.
If you like being lightly dribbled on, you'll love rainforest shower heads.
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
If you like being lightly dribbled on, you'll love rainforest shower heads.
Waded through a baffling soup of menus, ran around Springfield for a bit looking at stuff, enjoyed myself, uninstalled. That's plenty. Cheers.
Simpsons got me installing Fortnite for the first time ever. Lord forgive me.
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Waded through a baffling soup of menus, ran around Springfield for a bit looking at stuff, enjoyed myself, uninstalled. That's plenty. Cheers.
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homowack hotel/lodge, spring glen, new york, 1977
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
homowack hotel/lodge, spring glen, new york, 1977
Simpsons got me installing Fortnite for the first time ever. Lord forgive me.
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Simpsons got me installing Fortnite for the first time ever. Lord forgive me.
Just finished folk horror detective game The Séance Of Blake Manor. Incredible stuff. Game of the year type shit. Most satisfying virtual sleuthing I've done since The Roottrees Are Dead. Absolutely hypnotised me for 15 hours. Art, music, sense of place, characters, mood, voice acting: all superb.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just finished folk horror detective game The Séance Of Blake Manor. Incredible stuff. Game of the year type shit. Most satisfying virtual sleuthing I've done since The Roottrees Are Dead. Absolutely hypnotised me for 15 hours. Art, music, sense of place, characters, mood, voice acting: all superb.
It's back. Lord forgive me.
I miss writing about games a bit and am now having the 'start a newsletter' intrusive thought.
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's back. Lord forgive me.
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Alan Wake 2
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Alan Wake 2
You don’t truly understand how bad it is until you see it in person.
November 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
You don’t truly understand how bad it is until you see it in person.
Some vintage 2012 satire.
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Some vintage 2012 satire.
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HYAH! power attack
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
HYAH! power attack
Shout out to whoever did the sound effects for these giant fans in The Callisto Protocol.
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Shout out to whoever did the sound effects for these giant fans in The Callisto Protocol.
Films that seem fake but are somehow real.
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Films that seem fake but are somehow real.
Haven't played enough Silent Hill f to form an opinion yet, but an objective flashing up on the screen ten minutes in, and that objective being 'ESCAPE FROM THE FOG MONSTER', isn't filling me with confidence.
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Haven't played enough Silent Hill f to form an opinion yet, but an objective flashing up on the screen ten minutes in, and that objective being 'ESCAPE FROM THE FOG MONSTER', isn't filling me with confidence.
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ITV viewing on July 11 1982 was a bit good...
(This was the UK television premiere of Alien.)
(This was the UK television premiere of Alien.)
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
ITV viewing on July 11 1982 was a bit good...
(This was the UK television premiere of Alien.)
(This was the UK television premiere of Alien.)
In no particular order, my top 25 films with unsettling vibes.
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
In no particular order, my top 25 films with unsettling vibes.
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Super Punch Out!! // Super NES // PVM-1354Q via component
October 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Super Punch Out!! // Super NES // PVM-1354Q via component
Abysmal. Gonna do a no kills run to repent.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Abysmal. Gonna do a no kills run to repent.
At the end of Snake Eater when the President says 'you are above even the Boss, I hereby award you the title of Big Boss' and gives you a medal, it seemed comical at the time, but that would absolutely happen in America now.
October 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
At the end of Snake Eater when the President says 'you are above even the Boss, I hereby award you the title of Big Boss' and gives you a medal, it seemed comical at the time, but that would absolutely happen in America now.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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The highest compliment I can give this game is that in sniffing around the manor's lonely corridors, poking my nose into rooms and the lives that play out in them, Blake Manor has that Hotel Dusk secret sauce. Impeccable vibes. And a much more sophisticated detective game driving it all. Superb!
The Séance of Blake Manor is OUT NOW!
Can you discover what has become of Evelyn Deane and uncover the secrets of Blake Manor itself?
store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
Can you discover what has become of Evelyn Deane and uncover the secrets of Blake Manor itself?
store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The highest compliment I can give this game is that in sniffing around the manor's lonely corridors, poking my nose into rooms and the lives that play out in them, Blake Manor has that Hotel Dusk secret sauce. Impeccable vibes. And a much more sophisticated detective game driving it all. Superb!
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Please, enjoy one minute of mind-soothing PS2 menu ambience.
November 6, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Please, enjoy one minute of mind-soothing PS2 menu ambience.